Facts & faces

Associated Press

Updated 6:51 am, Wednesday, December 26, 2012

MADRID — Rafael Nadal's return to tennis competition has been delayed by a stomach virus.

The Spaniard was scheduled to play in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi on Thursday after missing seven months because of tendinitis in his left knee. But he said on his Facebook page Tuesday that his doctors ordered him to pull out when he was running a fever, telling him his body needed rest.

"My rehab has gone well, my knee feels good and I was looking forward to competing," he said.

The 11-time Grand Slam champion hasn't played since June, when he lost to 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol in the second round at Wimbledon.

The injury prevented Nadal from defending his Olympic singles gold at the Olympics in London, where he was supposed to be Spain's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. He also had to pull out of the U.S. Open and Spain's Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic, which his teammates lost without him.

Baseball: Former major-league outfielder Andruw Joneswas free on bond after being arrested in suburban Atlanta early Tuesday on a battery charge, according to jail records. Around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a call for a domestic dispute between Jones and his wife in Duluth, Ga. Gwinnett County Detention Center records say Jones was booked into the jail around 3:45 a.m. and had been released on $2,400 bond by 11 a.m. Once one of the premier players in the big leagues, Jones broke into the majors with the Atlanta Braves in 1996 and won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves from 1998-07 as their center fielder. He has 434 career home runs over the span of 17 seasons in the majors. Jones earlier this month signed a $3.5 million, one-year contract with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan's Pacific League. He hit .197 with 14 homers and 34 RBIs with the Yankees this season. He also has played for the Rangers, Dodgers and White Sox.

College football:Southern Methodist University coach June Jones walked out of Aloha Stadium with another win Monday, thanks largely to a disruptive performance by defensive end Margus Huntthat set the tone for the Mustangs' 43-10 win over Fresno State in the Hawaii Bowl. Jones was the coach at Hawaii before he left to coach at SMU. Hunt, the 6-foot-8 senior from Estonia with an 82-inch wing span, forced two fumbles that led to field goals and sacked Derek Carr for a safety as SMU (7-6) built a 22-0 halftime lead and never looked back. The Mustangs also returned two interceptions for touchdowns, giving them eight for the season to tie the NCAA record set last year by Southern Miss. Hayden Greenbauer picked off Carr and returned it 83 yards, the final blow to a miserable night for the Bulldogs (9-4). SMU also had seven sacks.

Obituary:Brad Corbett, who owned the Texas Rangers from 1974 to 1980 and had six managers in six years, has died. He was 75. Corbett's daughter, Pamela Corbett Murrin, told the Associated Press that her father died peacefully in his sleep on Monday. Corbett also was part-owner of a Fort Worth company that sold PVC piping to the oil and gas industry. As Rangers owner, Corbett acquired and later traded Hall of Fame pitchers Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry and Bert Blyleven